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Deut. 24:14 KJV (With Strong’s)

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Thou shalt not oppress an hired servant that is poor and needy, whether he be of thy brethren, or of thy strangers that are in thy land within thy gates:

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Brethren,

Gate,

Hireling; Hired Servant,

Poor,

Servant,

Stranger

Cross References

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Lev. 25:40‑43• ⁴⁰But as an hired servant, and as a sojourner, he shall be with thee, and shall serve thee unto the year of jubilee:
⁴¹And then shall he depart from thee, both he and his children with him, and shall return unto his own family, and unto the possession of his fathers shall he return.
⁴²For they are my servants, which I brought forth out of the land of Egypt: they shall not be sold as bondmen.
⁴³Thou shalt not rule over him with rigor; but shalt fear thy God. (Lev. 25:40‑43)

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Job 24:10‑11• ¹⁰They cause him to go naked without clothing, and they take away the sheaf from the hungry;
¹¹Which make oil within their walls, and tread their winepresses, and suffer thirst. (Job 24:10‑11)

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Job 31:13‑15• ¹³If I did despise the cause of my manservant or of my maidservant, when they contended with me;
¹⁴What then shall I do when God riseth up? and when he visiteth, what shall I answer him?
¹⁵Did not he that made me in the womb make him? and did not one fashion us in the womb? (Job 31:13‑15)

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Prov. 14:31• ³¹He that oppresseth the poor reproacheth his Maker: but he that honoreth him hath mercy on the poor. (Prov. 14:31)

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Prov. 22:16• ¹⁶He that oppresseth the poor to increase his riches, and he that giveth to the rich, shall surely come to want. (Prov. 22:16)

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Ezek. 22:7• ⁷In thee have they set light by father and mother: in the midst of thee have they dealt by oppression with the stranger: in thee have they vexed the fatherless and the widow. (Ezek. 22:7)

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Amos 2:7• ⁷That pant after the dust of the earth on the head of the poor, and turn aside the way of the meek: and a man and his father will go in unto the same maid, to profane my holy name: (Amos 2:7)

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Amos 4:1• ¹Hear this word, ye kine of Bashan, that are in the mountain of Samaria, which oppress the poor, which crush the needy, which say to their masters, Bring, and let us drink. (Amos 4:1)

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Amos 8:4• ⁴Hear this, O ye that swallow up the needy, even to make the poor of the land to fail, (Amos 8:4)

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Mal. 3:5• ⁵And I will come near to you to judgment; and I will be a swift witness against the sorcerers, and against the adulterers, and against false swearers, and against those that oppress the hireling in his wages, the widow, and the fatherless, and that turn aside the stranger from his right, and fear not me, saith the Lord of hosts. (Mal. 3:5)

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Luke 10:7• ⁷And in the same house remain, eating and drinking such things as they give: for the laborer is worthy of his hire. Go not from house to house. (Luke 10:7)

J. N. Darby Translation

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Thou shalt not oppress a hired servant who is poore and needy of thy brethren, or of thy sojournersf who are in thy land within thy gates:

JND Translation Notes

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e

Or "afflicted," as ch. 15.11.

f

Or "strangers."